06x11 & 06x12 - Ferrari Dino 308 GT4 (Part 1 & 2)

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Welcome to Wheeler Dealers,
the show that loves classic cars that

have seen better days, and we
make them contenders once more.

I find the motors.

And I fix them up. And then
we try and make a few quid

profit when we sell them
on. Or at least that's the plan.

That is the plan. Now, Edward, you're
going to have to take a sharp intake

of breath when I say these words,
and I can't believe I'm doing this.

We are on the hunt for one of the
most desirable and evocative marks ever.

A Ferrari.

And here it is. Don't adjust your
set. Yes, on Wheeler Dealers, you're

looking at a Ferrari 308 GT4 Dino,
the car we're going all out to buy.

With its roaring V8 engine,


a true 70s supercar, and one
of motoring's best kept secrets.

While it still has all the
magic the prancing horse

can offer, this is one of
the most affordable Ferraris.

But even still, I must spend twice our
usual Wheeler Dealer budget to get one.

Hands up, all of you
who want to own a

Ferrari. Yeah, there's
loads of hands going up.

Hands up, all of you who
can afford to buy a Ferrari.

Yeah, I thought so. Lots
of hands going down.

Well, you know what? You'd be wrong,
because if you know where to look,

you can buy the supercar legend for
no more money than a family hatchback.

Super clean low mileage


You can find cars for
half that, but they are rare.

I ploughed through the
specialist titles, owner's

club mags, weekly inkies and
even weekend newspapers.

And then, out of the blue, gold.

I think I found one, you know,
seven and a half grand. It's

got an MOT, it needs tidying,
but it is worth giving it a call.

Because I haven't seen a Ferrari


Hello mate.
Yeah, I'm ringing about the Ferrari.

Now, this bloke sounds as sharp as a cookie, because he
said he's going to give me a half hour window to come

and have a look at the motor before he opens the queue
up to the rest of the world who's dying to buy it.

So, lots of people
have seen the ad, but it's

the Wheeler dealer
that gets the first look.

Wow, certainly looks
rough and ready. And this

car, look, has got Ed's
worst nightmare. Rust!

It seems to have set in
all over this car. We've got

the front wing here. The
bonnet is, well, knackered.

Ah, this must be the owner.

How you doing?

Hello there, my name's Mike.

Hiya, Clayton.

Clayton, nice to meet you mate.
Spoke on the phone.

That's right.

This is the 308. So,
I mean, it is rusted. It

looks like a, well, was
it a submarine before?

Not quite, no.

But it looks like it's just
been left abandoned, this car.

Stood in the garden for six years.

At seven and a half grand, the price is
low, but the bodywork and paintwork would

be another seven or eight grand on this
car. I will take risks, but not on this one.

Well, it's just too much
work for me and Ed.

Okay, fine. Have a good look.

Good luck selling it.

Okay, thanks very much.

If the numbers won't work,
then the car's not right.

I put the word out that I'm hunting for a
low-money Ferrari, and on the motorway, a

call comes in from a mate who owns a classic
car hire company, and he's updating stock.

Guess what? He says he's got a
GT4, and he's looking for offers.

I think it's such a tempting
proposition that I ought

to get down there
straightaway and go and see it.

Foot down, destination, the
big smoke, central London, and

I'm crossing my fingers this
Dino is not another lemon.

Is this it? Is this me Ferrari?

This is you, mate.

On no way, Nige.

Yeah.

That's a 308 GT4.

Yeah, I know it is.

Come on, what's the catch?

It's a profit. There's no catch.

How much work are these doing?

I've noticed that there's a bit
of damage down here already.

Yeah, she's had a
little bit of a knock there.

So it's got a dent on the front.

It's a little dent on there, couple
of little chips and bits and pieces.

Couple of little chips on the paintwork.

Wheels need a refurb.

Yeah, that'd be a nice job.

That'd be a great job
for us to do, wouldn't it?

This is the main thing.

That's the main thing.

Now that is quite nasty.

Bit of a ding on the back.

Quite a bit of a ding at the back.

Little bit of rust is coming through.

So it drives all right?

Yeah, it drives really well.

The engine's great, gearbox is great.

It's a bit of a blown exhaust.

Okay.

So repairable?

Yeah, I reckon it is repairable.

You'll hear it when you start out.

Okay, super.

Listen to that!

What a noise.

The suspension feels nice and tight.

The steering's nice and light, easy
to push into these tight city streets.

The exhaust is really, really noisy.

But my big worry, and it is
a big worry, is the bodywork.

I'm going to go in with a mate's
rate speed of 8,000 pounds.

Wish me luck.

Will I drive the Fazza home?

My wallet says I shouldn't,
but my heart says I must.

Well, Nigel.

Okay, tell me how much it is.

Beautiful Ferrari like this.

Ten grand, mate.

Ten grand!

A lot of thinking at work, Nigel.

You've got that nasty exhaust blow,
and that could be all manner of troubles.

And then there's that nasty
bit of damage down the back.

It does need a bit of work.

You're right, here and there.

I'll give you 8,500.

That's it.

That's all I can do.



When it's done, bring it back
to me and I'll have a test drive.

Hold out your hand.

Yes!

Fantastic!

I can't believe it.

And I've got a Ferrari!

Yes!

I can't believe it.

We own a Ferrari!

We finally arrived!

Yes, this car's got a soulful V8 engine.

Yes, it's got a prancing nose.

And yes, it's a mid-engine sports car.

But this car is more
than the sum of its parts.

The more I drive it, the
more I absolutely love it.

It could be quite a risk,
you know, doing this car.

What if the parts are too expensive?

What if Ed can't do the work?

There's a lot of what-ifs,
but you know what?

I think there's a risk worth taking.

You know, at the end of
the day, I've just got to...

And I've just got to repeat
the words over and over again.

Ed, we own a Ferrari.

We own a Ferrari.

You've only gone and got us a Ferrari.

I have!

That is amazing.

But you know, this is Wheelie Liz.

We only do affordable cars.

Don't worry about that.
This is affordable, Ed.

And look at it.

It's a proper Ferrari, look.

It's pretty cool.

Ferrari Dino 308 GT4.

And there's a prancing
horse on the back as well.

Who would have thought we'd
have one of them in the workshop, eh?

No, that is very exciting.

But I have already heard there is some
kind of blow coming from the exhaust.

I've only just got here and
you've already got a problem.

It's just a little blow
coming from the manifold.

I can even see it, which
is always a result, isn't it?

Perfect. That's cool. Wicked.

Okay, so it's a pretty cool car.

It is.

But of course, being 30
years old and handmade,

it's going to be really,
really expensive.

Very dear indeed.

In fact, talking of oh
dear, what's all this?

Look at that.

There's nothing.

It's just a tiny little graze at the back.

It's just a little nursery kiss.

That's what I like to call it.

And there's a little bit of paint, a
little bit of filler and manipulate.

Don't worry about it. It's lovely.

Have a look inside, Ed.

Look at that.

Black leather, piped red.

Look at the famous H-gate, the dials.

Yeah, I know.

It's looking pretty proper in here
and it's looking very nice indeed.

So I guess there's nothing
needed in here at all, is there?

Nothing at all, no.

That's very nice, very nice.

Ed, this car is a Ferrari.

It means a whole lot not only to
me, but to you, but also to the coffers,

because I have spent
quite a bit of money on it.

I bet you have.

But don't worry, because
you're going to turn

this little gem into a
treasure trove for us.

Okay.

I promise.

It's very cool, but I'm very, very nervous.

Let's get the doors open.

Let's get working on it.

Okay, okay.

Risking all on this 70's supercar
has given me a massive buzz.

It's a Ferrari.

Off-Wheeler dealers.

It feels like it shouldn't be allowed.

I hope to sell the car on for around


So there's profit on the horizon.

Our mission is to buy,
restore and sell on classic cars.

I swapped 8,750 big ones for
this fantastic Ferrari 308 GT4.

The most expensive car
ever on Wheeler dealers.

I've got a Ferrari.

Yes!

But as stunning as it is, it
came with some serious issues.

The exhaust is really, really noisy.

But my big worry, and it is
a big worry, is the bodywork.

So now the challenge begins,
because Ed's never worked on a Ferrari.

And big parts bills
could eat into our profits.

Ed, over to you.

Can you believe we've actually
got a Ferrari on Wheeler dealers?

Okay, it's one of the cheap ones and there's
a lot of noise coming from the engine.

But I'm pretty confident that's coming
from the blow in the exhaust manifold,

which should be a
relatively easy job to fix.

What I'm much more concerned
about is the bodywork on this car.

Now, that is a way we can Polish the money.

And once those dents are fixed, we
should be at quite a good price for it.

But to get top money, this bodywork
has got to be absolutely immaculate.

And that means loads of work for me.

To buy a replacement wing on
this car, you're looking at £1,000.

So I'd better have a closer look at
the damage to see what the options are.

Now, with the bumper
removed, you can see at

some point this car has
driven into something

which has actually pushed
the metal back inside the car

and also then creased
the panel around here.

Now, that dent is actually
relatively easy to fix.

The tricky one is this bit here where
the heel line has actually been distorted.

So it's going to be quite a lot of work.

And before I can actually get
in there to start messing around,

I need to clear off all this paint to
make sure there's no extra damage

and also there's no
rust or filler in the way.

So, how to remove this nasty bodywork dent?

It's time to try out a new workshop
system that allows me to repair

rather than replace the
Deno's uber expensive wing.

And here it is. It's called a flat liner.

What makes this system so
clever is this special little key here.

Now, these are spot welded into place.

And that means there's very
little heat, very little distortion.

And of course, that way it maintains
the integrity of that steel panel.

Now, once you've done the
pulling, you then just snap them off

and there's almost no trace at all
that was any weld ever there before.

Now, I've had a bit of a play.

What I've done is I've welded a
whole load of these keys into place.

I've got a rod that goes
through this little claw down here.

And what I'm going to do now,
you've got this threaded bar,

effectively a big nut
with a handle on the end.

I'm just going to rotate that.

What's going to happen?

You can see the panel's
already starting to move.

Essentially, that's how it works.
Very, very simple.

Unfortunately, our dent
isn't in the middle of a panel.

It's a bit more fiddly than that.

But I reckon the system
will work across a corner.

Once the car is in place, I'll need
to position the keys across the dent.

I'm going to electrically weld the keys
into position on our damaged panel.

So for that, I need a full circuit.

I need to connect the
earth onto the same panel.

But because this is going
to be painted anyway,

I'm just going to clean off a bit of
paint so I can weld that into position.

Spot welding works by passing
a high current through two

pieces of metal, melting
them together point by point.

It's a quick and clean workshop process.

And with the earth in
place, I can start welding.

I'm just going to put the
key into the electrode there.

Put enough pressure to get a good content.

Well, not too much, it might slip off.

I'm going to go for the
lowest part of the dent.

I push the button.

And there we go.

It's on. Isn't that magic?

As you'd expect, the more keys you
use, the more evenly the load is spread.

The keys are all in position.

I've got my bar going
through the middle of that.

Here's the bridge.

Now, I'm just going to put
that pad resting onto the ramp.

But I've also used the arms of
the ramp to support the bridge.

I'm just going to drop that down like so.

And on this side, on the car, I've
got a nice firm bit of chassis there.

I'm actually going
to put a little bit of

string, a special rope
that comes with the kit.

And what I do is I can just drag that
up so it just takes some of the weight.

Oops, there we go.

And then, I'm just going to
slide fingers into position here.

Okay, here we go, the moment of truth.

Bit of pressure into it.

You can see the panel
already moving, actually.

This is amazing.

Oh, did you see that?

This is awesome.

Just look at how the new system
has delicately pulled out the dent.

The tiny bit of tearing at the top is
minimal damage and will be easy to fix.

I can now finish off by hand.

I know how it needs to look because I'm
using the opposite corner as a reference.

Now, that is looking pretty good.

You've just seen me banging
two hammers together.

If they're steel, don't
ever try that at home

because they could end up
exploding in your face, quite literally.

These are specially made
aluminium alloy called Hidiminium,

and they're designed for that very job.

Now, this is looking pretty amazing.

It needs a bit of filler,
then it'll be ready for paint.

But, let's face it, I've just saved a
thousand pounds by doing this this way.

Very cool.

Now I've got to do the
same thing at the other end.

My confidence is high after
working on the front dent,

but this is severe damage, and I'll
need a lot more time to get it right.

So now I'm going to put
the rod into the keys like so.

But the thing is, I've been thinking
about this while I've been working here.

This crease is pretty serious, and I don't
really want to stretch the metal here.

What I want to do is try to
get that crease to open up.

So I'm actually going to apply a little
bit of heat with some oxyacetylene.

Okay, and then careful not to damage
the paint any further than I have to.

I'm just going to heat up this edge,
get a nice warm orange if I can.

I'm just going to apply
a little bit of force as I go.

Okay, so now what should
happen now if I pull it?

It's beginning to come.

The repair system has
done the bulk of the work,

but it's back to my panel-beating
skills to finish the job.

The car was hand-built in the first place,

and finishing it by hand feels appropriate.

I've got a great little top tip.

When you're filing, trying to make a curve,

a lot of people will just try
and do like this, go around,

and of course that's
going to end up with

loads and loads of
flats, which is horrible.

What you really want
is a lovely smooth curve.

So if you actually move,
it's quite counter-intuitive,

but if you move the file like so,
you'll get a really lovely curve.

Very, very smooth.

It takes a bit of practice,
but it's well worth learning.

I'll just finish off the
surface with a bit of sanding.

Slowly but surely, the
corner is taking shape.

This has been a big job, and
thanks to that new technology,

I've been able to repair
this rather than replace it,

and that has saved us
a few thousand pounds.

Now, this is a Ferrari.
I want it to look like a million dollars,

so I'm going to get a professional
body shop to do all the painting.

And I've done this hard work.
They can do the prep.

When I was working on
the bodywork earlier on,

I noticed that actually this front
lower panel is really badly damaged.

You can see there's a big
chunk out of it there, a big crack.

There's more cracking all
over here, another one there.

On this side, there's more cracks again,

and then the real meat of
the problem is you can see

where this car's been driven
over loads of speed bumps.

It's actually worn away, the fibreglass.

There's even a little stone stuck in there.

Now, I need to repair
it with more fibreglass,

and there's no point
trying to do it on the car.

It would be much easier on a bench.

When you repair fibreglass,
it's important to have a good,

clean, feathered edge around each bit
of damage, so I'm using the sanding disc.

I've now ground down
all the parts of the panel

that I need to prep,
and you can see these

little patches of kind of
white fibreglass matte,

and you can see it's actually
made out of spun bits of glass,

which in themselves
might seem a bit brittle,

but together in this kind
of messy woven form.

are actually incredibly strong,
and when you add the resin as well,

it makes it massively strong, so
that's why we're going to be using this.

Now, you can see I've
actually prepared around here.

I've got quite a lot of patches to do.

The problem is with resin, when
you mix it up, it's a bit like filler.

You have some resin and
you have some hardener.

It goes off.
Normally, it takes about 20 minutes,

maybe even half an hour, but
today, it's pretty warm in the workshop,

which means it's going
to go off really quickly.

Now, the trick with the
resin for this particular stuff

is it needs three inches of
hardener to 50 mils of resin.

I'm going to actually
use a bit more than 50

mils, so I'm going to
go for about 100 or so.

Okay, and then three inches of hardener.

Now, this is obviously going to be kind
of scientific in a tube, but here we go.

That's probably about three.

Add another three there.

There we go.

Now, the thing is, if you
want it to go off a bit faster,

the trick is to add a bit more hardener.

When you go a bit slower,
obviously, add a little bit less,

but if you add too little, it
won't actually ever go off,

which can be a bit of a problem.

So now I'm just going to mix it
in really well, really thoroughly.

Okay, and as soon as it
looks like it's an even colour.

and there are no streaks,
I can then start applying it.

Now, when working with fibreglass resin,

of course you need to be
working in a well-ventilated area,

and be wearing gloves, of course,

but I'm also going to go one
step further and put a mask on.

My technique is to work
on a single patch at a time,

quickly before the resin goes off.

I'm stippling the resin
into the glass fibre matting.

This simple strong fix is also cheap.

I paid just 20 quid for the materials,

as opposed to a new panel at 300 pounds.

Hasn't been that long, but
the resin has already gone off.

In fact, it's still slightly
warm, but you can see

already the rigidity of
this panel is now back.

But if I turn it over, you
can see aesthetically

it's not looking so good,
especially around here.

Although you've got the strength
now, you've got all these gaps,

so I need to put in some filler
just to bring up to the same surface.

Now, before I do the filler, I want
to just go over with an orbital sander

just to get rid of all those
horrible scratches and grooves,

and then I can put down some
filler, put down some primer,

and then a nice top coat.

So I need to rub down and fill those holes.

The special flexible filler
uses the standard recipe,

a golf ball of filler to a pee
of hardener mixed thoroughly.

With the minimum apply to fill the
surface, there is less to sand back.

Pre-paint cleans off any grease,

then a coat of red oxide primer,

some satin black from an
aerosol, and the job's done.

I would prefer to paint this in a booth,

but we do have to keep costs down, and as
the panel is hidden under the car anyway,

my spray job will do.

Now, considering that came out
of a can, that is a pretty good finish.

All I've got to do now
is leave it overnight,

and then it's good
to go back on the car.

Right then, Ed, there's
my little Ferrari getting on.

Well, I think we're
getting there, pretty much.

I mean, this bodywork has been a bit
of a pig, and I've had to be a bit cunning

and go down the route of
repairing rather than replacing,

which has saved us a few thousand
pounds, but it's a long process.

But, Ed, look at it.
I can see it's a long

process, but, Ed, this
car is meant to be Bella.

At the moment, it's more like Bella,

the girl that works
behind the bar in My Local,

and she's no looker.

The car's terrible.

Well, trust me, soon it'll look fantastic.

Well, it better,

because we can't sell a
car like this half-baked.

It's a Ferrari.

We need to make this car sing,

especially if we're going to
run some shackles out of it.

So far, Ed's been savvy enough
to keep the costs of just a few quid.

That's good, but we're
not out of the woods.

The car cost 8,750 quid.

Then there's the bill from
the paint shop to come

in, shoddy wheels to
tidy up, and that exhaust.

I think it just needs patching up.

Anything worse, and it's bad news.

I hope Ed can deliver and keep
this car from becoming a money pit.

At launch, the Dino cost the
equivalent of 90 grand in today's money.

I had to have it when a contact
in the trade put it up for sale.

I gave just 8,750 quid.

And I've got a Ferrari.

Yes!

Whoo-hoo!

It's a true 70s supercar
with a roaring V8, 255

brake horsepower, and
a prancing horse badge.

The average price for one of these
can nudge 15 grand if the car is straight.

But our car is not straight.

It was bent in a couple of corners.

Ed tried out his new bodywork repair system

to remove these dents
and saved us thousands.

And it took a bit of fiberglass and
repair to sort out the smashed front panel.

So our Ferrari is finally
losing its battle-scarred looks.

But the exhaust is shot, too.

That's another nightmare
Ed's got to look at.

I hope he can patch up
that blow on the manifold.

We really don't want to spend
more money on the motor.

When Mike first turned up with our Ferrari,
I could hear him coming from a mile away

because there was so much
noise coming from the engine bay.

Luckily, the engine itself
is in pretty good Nick.

It's the exhaust that's the problem.

Paul, can you turn it over?

Now, you can hear,
pretty clearly, it's quite loud.

But the reason it's loud from this side,

you can see the fixing
is pulled away completely

from the manifold itself,
leaving a massive hole.

But that's not the worst thing.

There's more damage underneath the car.

Now, I can see under here, one
of the pipes from the manifold here

has actually got a crack
almost all the way around it.

That's going to be really
hard to fix in position,

probably in fact impossible.

The general state of the exhaust
is actually in pretty poor repair.

Now, whether I can actually
fix that, whether we have

to replace the exhaust
system, only time will tell.

But one way or the other,

I now need to turn this thing off.

So thanks, Paul.

To get me started, I'm
going to remove this back box.

Once it's out of the way,

I have a bit more room to get
rid of the rest of the exhaust.

The Ferrari's engine bay has poor access.

A common problem with mid-engined cars.

Because it's a transverse V8,

it's got a manifold on both the
front and back of the engine,

and I need to remove the
sil*ncer to get at the rear one.

I can undo the nuts with a bit
of fiddling, but there's a hitch.

The manifold won't come out.

Well, it seems that this manifold

isn't actually going to
come off easily out this way.

I might try, I've already undone
the bottom half of this heat shield.

I might try and undo the top and
see if that gives me a bit more room.

Or I could try and pull the exhaust
out through the top of the engine.

But I'll try that next.

Even removing the heat shield doesn't help.

The manifold isn't going anywhere, and this
is meant to be the easy part of the job.

This is tantalizing, in
fact, frustratingly close.

I can't quite get it to
drop out of the bottom

of the engine bay or
actually out of the top,

so I think what I need to do is
loosen off the engine a bit more.

I'm going to try and avoid
taking it out completely,

but if I undo the four
engine mounts at the bottom

of the engine, maybe get
the engine hoist in there,

support some of the weight,

just see if I can rock it around a bit.

I reckon I'll get that
exhaust manifold out,

and then with that out of
the way, gives me a bit more

room, perhaps, to move the
engine to get at the other one.

But this is a huge job.

Thankfully, the engine
mounts are easy to unbolt.

I then use a hoist to lift and move the
engine a couple of centimeters forwards.

If this doesn't give me enough access,

the engine may have to come out,
which could be as much as a day's labor.

Oh, look at that. Success.

I managed to get the rear manifold
off the car by tilting the engine forwards,

but I don't think if I tilt
the engine backwards,

I'll be able to get the front
manifold out of this gap here.

And to do the tilting,

I'm still going to have
to take some bits off

the engine, which I
don't really want to do.

The next problem is,

if I can't find another way of doing this,
I'm going to have to take the engine out

and I really don't want
to go down that road.

But I have noticed on the
other side of the car there,

that inner wing looks
like it might be removable.

If that's the case, I may
be able to take out the tank

and perhaps then slide that
manifold through that gap.

We'll have to take the
wheel off to find out, though.

Mike thought I could get away with
just a bit of tinkering on the exhaust.

That is so far off the Mark.

Not only am I spending
hours getting the manifold

out, but I don't even
know if I can fix it.

There goes the inner wing.

I reckon, yeah, if I move
this fuel tank out of the way,

maybe the alternator,

I reckon I should be able
to get at that other manifold.

Oh, look at that. There we go.

So there is one half of the fuel tank.

Because I'm moving the alternator
and trying to squeeze the manifold past it,

I'm disconnecting the battery
to avoid shorting something out.

Safety first.

If I can't get the exhaust out this way,

it's definitely time to
take out the engine.

What an absolute nightmare.

Well, here's our rather
second-hand-looking exhaust.

You can say, well, first of all,

there's loads of rust on
the bottom of this pipe here.

You can see there's actually blowing
exhaust sort of stuff coming out of here.

There's holes there.

Let us unravel this nasty repair.

And, in fact, I can actually pull it apart.

So that's not so good.

So it really is quite
unpleasant on that side.

This side, the one we can first see,
you can see there's a big hole here.

where that bolt used to go.

And then, actually, much worse than
that, I can actually peel that off almost.

So that's very, very broken.

It's going to be quite hard to
actually repair that weld around that

because, of course, the
metal is quite ruined now.

Somebody's already patched it
a few times beforehand as well.

And, again, there's all
kinds of stuff over there.

So I think, really, this exhaust system
has pretty much seen the end of its days.

So I think I need to get Mike to
get me a new exhaust system.

Well, this little problem is down to me.

Let's see if I can sort it
out with a minimum spend.

Bad news.

An original Ferrari
stainless manifold is £1,600.

Now, I must be able to do better than that.

Well, at the end of the
day, I'm getting frustrated

because there's lots of
exhaust out there for our Ferrari,

but they're all at a price.

Anything to suit the car, height the car,
Ferrari attached to it cost a few quid.

A specialist website has got an aftermarket
stainless steel manifold for our car.

It's £750 cheaper,
but it's still expensive.



But I have no choice. I have to buy it.

Ed.

Oh, wow, look at those.

Hello, mate.
I just stopped the courier outside.

Look at him.

These are lovely. I bet they weren't cheap.

They weren't cheap, but
there are certain things

we can't scrimp on
with a Ferrari, of course.

I mean, you can Polish the paintwork
and you can even sew up a ripped interior,

but you can't really weld an
exhaust on a Ferrari, can you?

Well, they are a little
bit past it, aren't they?

They're well past the sell-by
date, but these, Ed, look at them.

Fine works of art.

Ferrari manifolds are great, aren't they?

They are fantastic.

And, of course, it's
the sort of job it's so

hard to do that to see
a new set on the car

is going to just get somebody
a piece of mind, isn't it?

Oh, absolutely.

I mean, they're going
to make the car go faster,

sound better... And sell better.

And sell better.

The new exhaust comes
with eight copper gaskets,

which seal between the
manifold and the block.

Well, at last, the manifold is done up.

I now have to put in the final heat
shield and then do all three of them up.

To swap the manifolds,

a garage would allow eight to ten hours,
and at main dealer prices of £150 per hour,

that's big bucks.

Reassembly will take another two hours,

but at least I now know
how it all goes back together.

So, it's just a matter of
connecting everything up,

refuelling the tank and
crossing our fingers.

Now, that is the noise
that a Ferrari should make.

Now, it was pricey, but worth every penny.

I am well chuffed.

So, after a bit of hassle,

the Ferrari at least has
stopped sounding like a banger.

So far, so good.

But the exhaust was £850
that I didn't want to spend.

And potentially, the biggest bill
is still to come for the paintwork.

This is our Wheeler
dealer Ferrari 308 GT4

Dino that I bought for
less than nine grand.

I can't believe it.

We own a Ferrari.

We've finally arrived.

We're nearing the end of the restoration,

but here comes the bit
where Ed's hard work pays

dividends as the Ferrari
gets a new coat of paint.

I'm going after big bugs on this
car and patchy paintwork won't cut it.

The Ferrari has been
delivered to the body

shop to get a front
and rear corner painted.

By shopping around, I
got a quote of just £1,000,

which is a fair deal.

You know, when you sell a car,

it's important to get it looking right.

And that goes for any
car, but with our Ferrari,

well, the pressure's on
to get it absolutely spot on.

Which is why the repaint on our
prancing horse has to be just right.

So I've come down to see
how the old girl is getting on.

And to be honest with
you, I'm a little bit worried

because it's an expensive car
and it has to be bang on the money.

I love this place.

I've forgotten how big it is.
Look at it, it's huge.

And the man I've come
to see is the governor, Neil.

How are you, mate? Good to see you again.

Good to see you again, yeah.

Wow, that's my car.

This is your car.

I'm excited, but something is wrong.

I only said do the front and back.
Why are you doing the whole car?

The more we worked on it, Mike,

the more blemishes we found
in the paint, it's got to be right.

We needed to do the whole car.

I can't afford to have
the whole car painted.

You gave us your budget, Mike.

We're doing the car within your budget.

Oh, thank you very much. Top work.

Prices vary.

You could spend up to three grand
for a respray, but Neil's price of £1,900,

yes, it's a lot of money,
but Neil is bang on.

If there's any nastiness
on the body, it's got to be

sorted now, if we're ever
going to get this car sold.

You know, one of the
reasons I've chosen to get the

car done at Neil's is because
he uses the canic system.

This is this new fangled oven.

What it basically means is the
standard oven, when they paint a car,

puts out about three and a half
tonnes of nasty CO2 every year.

But this oven, it uses infrared
technology, so waves come off

the panels on the walls, they
heat up the bodywork of the car,

the paint sticks to it, you
get a better paint finish,

and more importantly, Neil
doesn't get any gas bills,

so it's a lot cheaper for him,

and hopefully my car's done a bit cheaper.

But it looks amazing, doesn't it?

I can't wait to see the Dino when
the paintwork's been finished.

Fingers crossed it's
going to look very special.

The Ferrari's painted, it's back in the
workshop, and it is looking pretty special.

Have a look at this.

Now, I have got a few more bits to put
on, but this thing is looking awesome.

This is the shine that a Ferrari needs.

The Rosso red paintwork is so
key to the appeal of a car like this.

It looks flawless.

I'm proud just to be working on it.

Yep, something is missing.

Those wheels were looking pretty
shabby, but the car is looking so good,

I couldn't allow them to let the car down,

so luckily Mike has found a
company who can sort them out

for a small amount of
money, so while he does that,

I'm going to crack on putting
the rest of the car back together.

A bit closer, or are you happy with that?

That's looking pretty good.

So now, number plate.

Well, here's that front
panel I painted earlier on.

It's looking pretty good, I have to say.

Pop this into place.

If you're refurbishing a car like this,

it's worth putting in some time to make sure
the underbody of the car looks good too.

It's an obvious sign that the
car has been lovingly restored.

Now, barring the wheels,

this is the last thing I
have to put onto the Ferrari.

I am so proud of what
we've done to our Dino.

All we need now is those
refurbished wheels to set it off,

and I reckon looking this good,
we are surely going to make a profit.

Ed, you in here?

Certainly am.

Look what I've got for you.

Oh, they're fantastic.
They come up really well.

A little bit of spit and Polish,

a little bit of paint over
the top, look brand new.

And to think they're
actually over 30 years old.

You would never believe it, would you?

Now, the one thing I'm really excited about
is bolting these to our little 308 Dino.

Actually, hold your horses.

I don't want you to see
the car until it's completely

finished, but believe me,
it will be worth the wait.

When you're fitting freshly
powder-coated wheels,

do remember to scrape off any powder coating
underneath the seats of the wheel nuts,

because otherwise, the wheel could work
loose and you'd actually just lose a wheel.

When Mike first turned
up with this Ferrari,

I probably should have
given him a much harder time.

about the fact that he paid so much money.

for a car in such a tired condition.

It really was a big
risk, I had to get pretty

creative and put in a fair
chunk of time and effort

to restore our Dino
back to its former glory.

But I'm going to have to hand it to him

while taking a fair
chunk of the credit myself,

because it seems the
gamble has paid off.

We have got a real live Ferrari

that sounds great and looks mint.

When this car was new,

a buyer would be parting
the equivalent of 90 grand

to buy a very special car.

Well, thanks to Ed's hard work, the
car is a very special one once more.

I set my heart on finding a 308 GT4,

but affordable cars are very rare.

When a dealer mate offered me a tyre car

from his hire company, I snapped it up.

A severe couple of dents on the front
and back should have meant new wings,

but Ed saved us a fortune
by using a new workshop

system that allowed him
to repair them instead.

A scratched up panel
underneath the car would

be £300 to replace, but
Ed fixed the fibreglass,

filled and sprayed the holes,
and now it's as good as new.

A whole car respray at £1,900.

The exhaust was blown badly, but
when Ed got the manifold off the car,

he found it was beyond
repair and a new stainless

steel unit was shipped
in and bolted on.

The wheels were professionally
refurbished and turned back the clock,

leaving us with a car that's
more than 30 years old

but has been restored
back to its former glory.

What's the damage?

The manifold was £850,

the paint £1,900,

the wheel refurb £260,

and we spend another £120
on assorted workshop parts.

Factor in the £8,750 for the car and
the Ferrari owes us nearly £12,000.

Wow!

I've waited a long time to see this car.

It's a proper jaw-dropping moment, Ed.

Well done.

So it's fair to say you're pleased with it.

I'm more than pleased, Ed.

Look at it, it's a Ferrari.

The bodywork, the paintwork,

and the wheels, it's 100% perfect.

Well, thank you very much.

I mean, looking back, it
has been an awful lot of work,

but I reckon this is
probably the most sorted car

ever to leave the Wheeler
Diddley's Workshop.

I do hope you're right, because
it's the most expensive car

to ever leave our workshop,
but trust me, if we can get it sold,

it will have paid off.

Well, it's been a real pleasure

to restore this true 70's
supercar back to its former glory.

Well, listen, before we do sell this car,

I recommend you, we deserve to
give it its very own Gran Turismo.

Ah! Can you hear that engine, Ed?

Can you hear that engine?

Wow!

This car is 35 years old,

and it's certainly living up to that
prancing horse reputation on the back.

When they put this car together, they
really thought about absolutely everything.

It works superbly.

It does work superbly.

I tell you what, it does work superbly.

The back's all stowed out in the back.

That little hole in the manifold
wasn't just causing a horrible noise,

it was actually keeping
the engine down on

power, so now we've
got the full brunt of it.

What are we going to sell it for?

I'm full of confidence when I say this, Ed.

£13,500.

This car, it will stand
up to any inspection.

I'm really proud of what
we've achieved with this motor.

I think even you might be
aiming a little bit higher, though.

I've seen other GT4s advertised
for about 16 and a half grand,

so I reckon we will get it sold.

Okay, well I'll leave it
in your capable hands.

Have I ever let you down before?

Don't after that again.

I put the Ferrari on a few
websites that specialise in

premium sports cars, and so
far, my inbox has been filling up.

People are getting really excited and revved
up about seeing this car in cyberspace.

That's because the price is king.

But will it translate into a real sale?

Well, this guy, Andrew, he's
come a long way to see the car.

Let's just hope he's serious.

Andrew, come on in.

You've had a good look round it.

No more time wasting.

I think you want this car,
I can see it in your eyes.

What do you reckon?

I think it's a great car.

Good, I'm pleased you said that.

So I've advertised it for £13,995.

I think it's fantastic, I love it.

But the most I can go
for is around about £10.

Credit crunch and all that.

You're serious?

I'm serious, yeah.

But if you find another buyer, then
call me and I'll see if I can match him.

Well, I can guarantee one
thing, I'll never be phoning you,

because I'm going to
get £13,995 for this car.

I know I will, but thanks
for coming down anyway.

Well, thanks for letting
me see it, it's a fantastic car.

Cheers.

Another chap's turned up, he's called Neil.

Let's hope he's serious.

Right then, Neil.

It's lovely, isn't it?

Beautiful.

Nice motorbike.

Ferrari red.

I bet it's everything
you've ever dreamed of.

Absolutely lovely
motorbike, really is, mate.

Good. Well, do you want it?

I'm going to have to say no for now.

Oh, what is that? It's perfect.

It is, but I'm going to go and
have a look at another one.

Yellow one.

Oh, it's yellow.

I can understand why you
want to go and see a yellow one,

but it's Ferrari red, and it
will sell if you don't buy it,

and you walk away and there's
somebody else coming down straightaway

and, you know, there's
a chance they'll buy it.

I don't think I'd forgive
myself if I didn't see both, mate.

All right, well, be quick.
Go and see the other one.

Be quick, get me back on the phone,
and hopefully it's still for sale for you.

I will do. Thank you very much.

Cheers, Neil. Good luck.

So, lots of interest, but no sale so far.

Then Lenny called.

He seemed very keen, so I drove around
to meet him so he could take a proper look.

Right then, Lenny.

So what do you reckon of my 348 GT4?

I love it.

I reckon it's the car for me.

It's a cracking car.

You're a very young man
to be looking at a Ferrari.

Well, yeah. I've always wanted one.

Right, come on, then.
How much money you got to spend?

How would you react if I said 12 grand?



You can't buy a car like this for 12 grand.

And what are you proposing?

I like it, and it's great to see a young
man so enthused about a classic car.

So I'll tell you what I'll do for you.

I'll let you have the
car, 13 and a half grand.

Cash? Make it 13. We've got a deal.

Cash in your hand.

Go on, then. Look after it. Well done, you.

I will do. I will do.

At that price, I'm over £1,500 in profit,

but what makes me smile is restoring
this car back to its supercar days.

Well, the money's in the pot
on one of the biggest risks I've

ever taken on the show, but just
look at the car we ended up with.

I'm really proud to see the Dino go

because I know it's going
to go on to a great new life.

If you want to see some more classic
cars getting a Wheeler-dealer treatment,

then join us again soon.

Salah!